Thus, conservatism and neoliberalism are, in reality, the radical agenda…
In the German novel “Er ist wieder da” (He is back again) Adolf Hitler is transported to modern day Berlin and has to adapt to the modern world while everyone around him takes him for a very dedicated method actor/comedian. He also likes the Green party for their efforts to preserve the good old German countryside.
The movie is available on Netflix. Very funny.
Nope.
Conservative as a label in politics vs conservative as in slow to change are as different as theory in science and how lay people use theory to mean speculation.
Conservative in politics is the same as in conservative in using the gas pedal, conservative in how much butter one puts on toast, conservative in estimates.
It’s about using as little as possible. As in “small government”.
A liberal helping of mashed potatoes is a big helping. A conservative golf swing is one designed to keep the ball from going too far. It’s the same concept when applied to politics.
If that was true conservatives wouldn’t be trying to speedrun the running longstanding public programs into the ground or overturning decades of precedent.
They don’t mean the same thing.
You’re thinking of Republicans, not conservatives.
Oh, I’m well aware political and ideological “conservatism” is like North Korean “democracy” — nothing more than a hollow, objectively false, virtue signal.
I just find it hilarious that the literal definition of conservative is the opposite. It’s so comical it’s like an allegory of their entire being. Like they fundamentally, to their very core, can’t be trusted…
One of the most impressive political maneuverings of the modern day has been the success of the pro-gun and pro-fossil fuel lobbies at driving a wedge into the old partnership between environmental activists and hunters/fisherman, that was responsible for much of our past success in passing environmental regulation. Neither group on its own has anything resembling a majority, but together it becomes a very powerful bloc. And the interests of the two groups are very clearly aligned on preservation of wildlands and environmental health.
Conservatism isn’t what you think it is. Conservatism is, and always has been, about establishing and maintaining social/power/wealth hierarchies and inequality. It only happens to correlate with “prevent[ing] a radical change” to the status quo only to the extent that the status quo has historically been hierarchical and inequitable.
Conservatism and conservationism might share a Latin root, but that’s where the similarity ends.
No conservativism is about using government power conservatively. It’s about only using the government when it’s absolutely necessary to do so.
Others here have explained the political meaning of “conservatism”. I think maybe you conflated that word with conservationism. They are definitely not the same thing.
I am always saying this. And that medicare for all/socialized healthcare is the moderate position. The extreme position is that terminal patients should be tasked with spending their precious last moments of life navigating the private insurance bureaucracy.
Prevent radical change to the climate, by advocating for radical change in the way with live, produce, consume, work, do politics, organize our society. Any climate activist will tell you it’s already too late to preserve or revert to the climate before the industrial revolution. It’s all about saving what still can and stop the damage now.
They really aren’t conservative at all.
P.S: Conservatives on the other hand, are advocating to return our society to the feudal age, and if we let them, they will effortlessly succeed…
That’s conservationism.
Conservativism and conservationism are not the same thing.
The terms “conservative” and “liberal” refer to how much government power should be used.
